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Coupling georadar field data with numerical modeling to increase the effectiveness in the exploration of crystallized mineral cavities
(2021)Demand for mineral specimens which are naturally occurring in crystallized mineral cavities in rocks (or Mineral Specimen Cavities – MSCs) is currently on the rise. Predictions indicate that this trend will most probably be maintained at least for the forthcoming years. In order for the supply to satisfy the demand, the prospecting process, i.e., the activity of discovering and extracting these mineral specimens, needs to be accordingly ...Master Thesis -
Scalable Drawing of Nested Directed Acyclic Graphs With Gates and Ports
(2021)Graphs are a popular concept throughout all of computer science, from networking through data management to machine learning. This has given rise to the problem of automatic graph drawing, yet efficient and aesthetically-pleasing graph layouting is as diverse as the underlying graph characteristics. In this thesis we deal with graphs that not only can be nested in two different ways, but in which nodes also have ports. We derive two ...Master Thesis -
Occupancy forecasting for building energy MPC
(2021)Energy consumption of buildings contributes significantly to the global energy usage. Conventional Rule Based Control (RBC) ensures maintaining comfort constraints for occupants even during unoccupied times. The energy usage could, however, be decreased by relaxing the comfort constraints for unoccupied periods. A common approach to solve this problem is to employ Model Predictive Control (MPC) with a preliminary fixed occupancy schedule ...Master Thesis -
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Inferring in situ stress variations from post-drilling borehole diametrical deformation
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Generation of a 3D cardiac model based on 2D echocardiography video data
(2021)Echocardiography is a non-invasive medical imaging tool that serves to assess the cardiac functionality by producing images of the heart’s tissues and chambers using non-ionizing ultrasound waves. We propose a generative model that learns to produce personalized 4D (3D + time) heart models from 3D (2D + time) echocardiograms. We argue that such heart model may facilitate downstream tasks such as disease diagnosis and prediction. Our model ...Master Thesis -
Gaussian Process State-Space Models for Identification and Control of Dynamical Systems
(2021)Model predictive control has enjoyed a lot of success in the past half a century due to its ability to consider complex multi-variable system dynamics, while simultaneously explicitly accounting for constraints. However, with the emergence of evermore complex nonlinear dynamical systems, physics-based modelling becomes increasingly impossible. Hence, there has been a shift towards data-driven identification in recent years. Nevertheless, ...Master Thesis -
Maritime Transportation: Between AVs and tankers, there is (not) the middle of the sea
(2021)The maritime transportation of crude oil by tankers represents a major aspect of global trade, as crude oil is refined to all sorts of different fuel products. The crude oil shipping market is a decentralized system based on traditional concepts with multiple stakeholders involved (e.g. ship owners, charterers, ship brokers, etc.). Most recently (March 2021), the blockage of the Suez Canal by a vessel showed that this system can be strongly ...Master Thesis -
Spillover-Effekte von sekundären multimodalen Verkehrsdrehscheiben auf die Wohnungsmieten und die Bevölkerungszusammensetzung
(2021)Diese Arbeit untersucht, ob sekundäre multimodale Verkehrsdrehscheiben einen Spillover-Effekt auf die Wohnungsmieten und die Bevölkerungszusammensetzung haben. Eine Verkehrsdrehscheibe bildet ein Subzentrum im Agglomerationsgürtel von grossen Städten und ermöglicht das einfache und effiziente Umsteigen zwischen verschiedenen Verkehrsträgern. Ziel dieser ist es, Fahrten zu verkürzen oder zu vermeiden und die Siedlungsentwicklung nach innen ...Master Thesis -
Analysis of the Degree Programmes in the Field of Food Science and Technology Offered by Swiss Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences
(2021)CES StudiesThis thesis systematically examines the degree programmes in the field of food science and technology offered by Swiss universities of applied sciences and the federal institutes of technology. Universities and universities of applied sciences educate qualified professionals for the economy, academia, and society. Due to the continuously changing needs of the labour market, those institutions have to develop their degree programmes in a ...Master Thesis